mass update of system variable

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Hi Craig,

According to Lin, you use File > Import > Formats and import variables.

 From Lin Sims:
1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update.
2. Save as a MIF file.
3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor.
4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update.
5. Save and close the file.
6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF 
snippet.

Lin: please correct me if I'm understanding incorrectly.

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133

On 22-Apr-13 4:01 AM, Craig Ede wrote:
> If I remember, you have to File > Import > File with MIF snippets. That
> means you have to import it one file at a time, doesn't it? (Unlike File >
> Import > Formats across a book). This is because you are actually importing
> the content into each file (even though it is "invisible" in a sense).
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Craig
>
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> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 6:32 PM
> To: Ed Tudsbery; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: mass update of system variable
>
> If the MIF snippet or some other approach works, you could do all files at
> once by creating a scratch book, using Windows' search to find all your .fm
> files, and dragging and dropping the found files into the book. Then, in
> FrameMaker, select all the files in the book and import the snippet.
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